"Dead Embryonic Cells" is

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's second single, as well as the second of three to be released from the album '' Arise''. A music video for the song was produced and can be found on the VHS release ''Third World Chaos'', which itself was released on

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as part of ''Chaos DVD''. The video features footage of the band performing in the wilderness accompanied by imagery from the album. At this stage in their career, the band had recorded little material to be used as B-sides, which is why the Arise singles are so similar. This single and the next, " Under Siege (Regnum Irae)" have exactly the same artwork (a detail of the ''Arise'' album cover artwork by

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) and B-sides. The song appears on the Liberty City Hardcore station in both '' Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned'' and '' Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony''.http://soundtrackstream.com/grand-theft-auto-episodes-from-liberty-city/ Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City - Soundtrack Stream The station notably features

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as the radio DJ.

Track listing

#"Dead Embryonic Cells" (album version) #"Orgasmatron" (

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cover) #"Troops of Doom" (This is the re-recorded version of the song which originally appeared on the album ''

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''.)

Personnel

– lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

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– drums *

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– lead guitar, bass (uncredited) * Paulo Jr. – bass (credited, but did not perform) *Produced by Scott Burns and

*Recorded and engineered by Scott Burns *Mixed by Andy Wallace *Assistant engineers: ''Fletcher McClean'' and ''Steve Sisco''

References

{{authority control Sepultura songs 1991 singles 1991 songs Roadrunner Records singles Anti-war songs Songs about death Songs about the media Songs written by Igor Cavalera Songs written by Max Cavalera Songs written by Andreas Kisser Songs written by Paulo Jr.